Today: real news in the language you read
Every day ContextCat puts together an edition of headlines from real outlets in the language you read. Open a story and it opens in the reader, where every word can be tapped.
What is in the edition
Sections for world news, technology, curiosities, culture, sport and games, and food and travel, plus a section of local outlets in your reading language. Every one of the 39 reading languages has its own outlets. English has the most, with more than 30. The others have four to seven each, from public broadcasters, science magazines and easy-language news.
Some of those are written for learners, such as RFI Journal en français facile, nachrichtenleicht and DW Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten in German, NOS Jeugdjournaal in Dutch, 8 Sidor in Swedish and Yle Selkouutiset in Finnish.
Long-press a headline to hide its outlet or its whole section if it is not for you. You can undo it right away.
How a story opens
ContextCat keeps only the headlines. When you open one, your iPhone loads the article from the outlet's own page and lays out the text in the reader, so you can tap words in it like anything else.
Some pages cannot be read this way, because of a paywall, a consent screen or a page that is not really an article. Those open in a browser inside the app instead.
What news articles do not have
Listen and Ask work on books, PDFs and your own texts. They are not available on news articles, which ContextCat does not store.
Today is free to read. Word explanations count toward the free allowance. Pricing
Questions
Is the news simplified for my level?
- No. Today shows real articles as the outlets published them. Some of the outlets write easy-language news for learners. Stories written at your level are coming in ContextCat 1.1.
Which languages have news?
- All 39 reading languages have their own outlets on Today. English has the widest choice, with more than 30.
More of ContextCat
- Tap any wordTap a word in anything you read and ContextCat explains what it means in that sentence, in your own language, right under the line you are reading.
- PDFs, links and booksImport a PDF, save a link to any web article or paste text, then read it in ContextCat and tap any word for its meaning in that sentence, in your language.
- AskAsk a question about a page, a paragraph or your whole document and get an answer from the text, or ask ContextCat to quiz you on what you just read.
- ListenContextCat reads your book, PDF or article aloud in a natural voice, sentence by sentence, highlighting the words as they are spoken, with speed and repeat controls.
- CardsEvery word you tap in ContextCat is saved with its sentence and comes back as a card just before you would forget it, using spaced repetition.
- StoriesComing in ContextCat 1.1: short stories written at your level, and a daily serial for English learners, two minutes an episode. What exists today and what is next.